New York State American Legion Champion Melissa A. Woodford of New City, NY, was one of 53 contestants competing for national honors in the Legion’s oratorical contest held in Indianapolis, Indiana in April.

ALBANY – Vietnam-era veteran John B. Sampson, the leading candidate for 2016-2017 commander of the New York State American Legion, was inducted into the New York State Senate’s Veterans’ Hall of Fame on May 24.

The Department of New York is working with Publishing Concepts to produce a state-wide directory of Legionnaires.

To accomplish this, Publishing Concepts will be contacting members, starting mid-June, via mail, email and telephone to see who would like to be included in the directory. For those interested in participating, the directory can include photo and biographical info.

Those wishing to purchase a copy of the directory may pre-order it so the publisher will know how many to print.